Here are some absolutely horrifying statistics released by the Russian Ministry of Education (and this was in 2000--God only knows how much worse the situation is now!).
There are over 4 million orphans and homeless children in Russia. Officially, there are 700,000 orphans living in 2,000 state-run orphanages. That means that Russia has more orphans today than after World War II! Statistics show that only one out of ten Russian orphans becomes a functional member of society. The others are lost to drugs, crime and suicide. Millions of Russian children are on the run, living on the streets or in underground sewers desperately needing basic food, medicine and clothes.
About 15,000 Russian orphans leave orphanages each year, once they are 16 to 18 years old. After leaving their orphanages:
- 50% - fall into a high-risk category
- 40% - become drug users
- 40% - commit crimes
- 10% - commit suicide
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